Sr Consultant/Principal Affiliate Marketing Program Manager

Acxiom; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom is seeking a Principal Affiliate Marketing Program Manager to drive affiliate strategy, partner management, and cross-functional execution for a major U.S. financial institution. Lead onboarding, optimization, and ROI-focused initiatives with Marketing, Product, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Technology.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, executive communication, and growth through performance marketing across networks like CJ, Impact, Partnerize, and Rakuten.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in affiliate marketing or related fields.
• Proven success leading cross-functional initiatives from strategy to execution.
• Strong understanding of affiliate ecosystems, networks, and performance models.
• Experience managing external partners and influencing multiple levels.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint.
• PMP/Agile certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of affiliate channel strategies that drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, and business objectives.
• Manage relationships with affiliate networks, publishers, agencies, and strategic partners, including onboarding, activation, optimization, and performance reviews.
• Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution, coordinating efforts across departments.
• Define project scope, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, risks, and success metrics while ensuring on-time delivery.
• Partner with business and technology teams to identify and implement enhancements to affiliate platforms, tracking, attribution, reporting, and operational processes.
• Monitor channel performance and analyze data to identify growth opportunities, improve partner effectiveness, and optimize ROI.
• Develop executive-ready presentations, business cases, performance reports, and strategic recommendations.
• Ensure affiliate marketing activities comply with regulatory, legal, privacy, brand, and governance requirements.
• Drive issue resolution, stakeholder alignment, and decision-making across multiple teams and external partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve affiliate processes, reporting, governance, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Affiliate marketing

Project management

Analytical

Stakeholder management

Communication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

PMP / Agile certification

Tools

CJ

Impact

Partnerize

Rakuten

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Principal Affiliate Marketing Program Manager will support the External Affiliate Channel team for a large U.S. financial institution. This role is responsible for driving affiliate marketing strategy, partner management, program execution, and cross-functional project leadership across customer acquisition initiatives. Working closely with Marketing, Product, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Technology, and external affiliate partners, this individual will help manage the affiliate channel roadmap, onboard and optimize partners, and execute strategic initiatives that drive growth and business results. The ideal candidate combines strong affiliate marketing expertise with exceptional project management, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of affiliate channel strategies that drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, and business objectives.
• Manage relationships with affiliate networks, publishers, agencies, and strategic partners, including onboarding, activation, optimization, and performance reviews.
• Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution, coordinating efforts across Marketing, Product, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and Technology teams.
• Define project scope, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, risks, and success metrics while ensuring on-time delivery.
• Partner with business and technology teams to identify and implement enhancements to affiliate platforms, tracking, attribution, reporting, and operational processes.
• Monitor channel performance and analyze data to identify growth opportunities, improve partner effectiveness, and optimize return on investment.
• Develop executive-ready presentations, business cases, performance reports, and strategic recommendations.
• Ensure affiliate marketing activities comply with regulatory, legal, privacy, brand, and governance requirements.
• Drive issue resolution, stakeholder alignment, and decision-making across multiple teams and external partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve affiliate processes, reporting, governance, and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in affiliate marketing, performance marketing, digital acquisition, partnerships, product management, consulting, or project management.
• Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Strong understanding of affiliate marketing ecosystems, networks, publishers, and performance-based marketing models.
• Experience managing external partners and influencing internal stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience developing executive communications and presenting insights to senior leadership.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial services, credit card, lending, or consumer banking experience.
• Experience with affiliate platforms and networks such as CJ, Impact, Partnerize, or Rakuten.
• Knowledge of affiliate tracking, attribution, tagging, and performance measurement methodologies.
• Familiarity with marketing compliance, data privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting channel strategy, marketing technology, or product development initiatives.
• PMP, Agile, or related project management certification.

Work Requirements

Hybrid work schedule with three days per week onsite in New York City, NY. Ability to effectively collaborate with distributed teams and external partners.

Why Join Us?

Join a high-impact acquisition marketing team responsible for one of the company's largest performance marketing channels. This role offers the opportunity to shape affiliate strategy, lead key growth initiatives, and build partnerships that deliver measurable business impact.

Primary Location City/State: New York, New York

Acxiom is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status (EOE/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, military status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics or other protected status.

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